Srinagar: The court on Wednesday sent DSP Devender Singh and three Hizbul terrorists to NIA custody in Kashmir. The NIA court in Jammu released the accused for 15 days.

There are reports that NIA will bring Devender Singh and other accused to Delhi as part of the probe.

On Tuesday, the NIA team searched Devender Singh’s house in Srinagar.

Devinder Singh and two Jaish-e-Mohammed militants were taken into police custody on the 11th of this month from Mir Bazar in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. The senior police officer Devinder Singh was caught traveling with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists Naveed Bawa and Altaf.

The suspects were identified by the police when they stopped the vehicle they were traveling in. Five grenades were also found from Devendra Singh’s residence. Two AK-47 rifles were recovered from his vehicle.

Union Home Ministry sources said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) would investigate the incident.

New Delhi: No stay to citizenship amendment act, Supreme Court said. The Chief Justice verbally stated that neither the Citizenship Act nor the NPR can stay. The Chief Justice said there were other problems in Assam and elsewhere in the country about the amendment of the citizenship law. Therefore, the petitions in Assam will be considered separately. The Chief Justice said that the pleas from Tripura would also be considered.

The Supreme Court has given the Center four weeks to respond to the petition challenging the citizenship amendment. The Center told the apex court that it had to respond to 80 petitions. Attorney General K K Venugopal demanded six weeks to answer the plea.

Chief Justice S.A Bobde, a three-judge bench comprising Justices Abdul Nasir and Sanjeev Khanna heard the case. There are 140 petitioners against the amendment of citizenship law. Kapil Sibal, appearing for the petitioners, urged the Center not to ask for a stay and the Center should not enforce the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala said the court’s approach is hopeful. He added that the Constitutional Bench references the hope that the public will not be disappointed. Leaders like Ramesh Chennithala were present in court to hear the legal proceedings.